Indian carpenter with his tools, 18th century. Man in turban and dhoti working with a chisel. An ax, mallet, hammer, plane, brace and bit, and other tools lie on the ground next to his toolbox. Charpentier. Copperplate engraving by Jean-Baptiste Marie Poisson after an illustration by Pierre Sonnerat from his Voyage aux Indes Orientales et à la Chine (Voyage to the East Indies and China, Dentu, Paris, 1806.

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